Overview
- Donations on GoFundMe have surpassed $1.6 million within days, with contributions coming from around the world.
- Organizers plan a surprise presentation at Ed Bambas’s Meijer workplace in Brighton, Michigan, on Friday.
- His son says Bambas does not yet know the full amount raised and believes the money will allow him to stop working.
- Bambas says he returned to full-time cashier work after losing pension income and facing heavy medical costs from his late wife’s illness, which forced him to sell his home.
- Influencer Sam Weidenhofer traveled from Australia, tipped $400 during their filmed meeting, launched the fundraiser that went viral, and organizers say a secure trust is being set up for the funds.